• 8 Breakfast (B)
• 1 Picnic Lunch (PL)
• 3 Dinner (D)

• London: You’ll need Essential Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA)From?January 8, 2025, UK law means that if you’re entering/transiting through border control in the United Kingdom (UK) and Northern Ireland you’ll need an?Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA)?before you travel. Confused? Don’t be – just read on here.
• London: A modular trip means fellow travellers will join and leave at various locations. There’ll be some goodbyes, sure, but there’ll also be plenty of hellos with new like-minded travellers.
• London: Your Trip Manager will advise you on who you’ll share your room with. On this trip, you’ll stay in a multi-share room with other travellers of the same sex.

• Beaujolais: Be a VIP at the epic Contiki Château and fill up on a banquet of classic French dishes and wines. Ooh la la! 
• Beaujolais Wine Region: Set within the rolling hills of the Beaujolais wine region, the legendary Contiki Château special stay has been wowing travellers for decades. From the luxe bar to the elegant new bedrooms, our Château is the perfect backdrop to long summer days lounging by the pool, capped off with French feasts, local wine and dancing the night away in ‘La Cave.’
• Beaujolais: Clear out the cobwebs and get in touch with you zen side with a guided yoga session on the sweeping lawns of the château.
• Beaujolais: Enjoy a French-style picnic while admiring the gorgeous Beaujolais countryside.
• Paris: Take a dreamy jaunt around the city of romance. Fall in love with landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Louvre, Champs-Élysées and Notre-Dame Cathedral.
• Paris: Your chance to learn the art of fragrance at a Parisian perfume house. You know it makes scents! (soz).

Contiki

Savor an included dinner and wine tasting inside the 16th-century Château de Cruix, where candlelit halls and garden views set the tone for regional cuisine. Sample elegant Beaujolais wines poured by the glass as you swap stories in a convivial, country-house atmosphere.

Learn how the supple character of the Gamay grape thrives in Beaujolais’ granite soils while you taste. Between courses, step outside to breathe in the evening air and admire the gentle folds of vine-clad hills that have shaped local life for centuries.

Begin the day with a guided yoga session on the sweeping château lawns, moving through gentle stretches as the first light brushes the vineyards. Find your rhythm with mindful breathing and slow flow sequences designed to energize body and mind.

Listen for birdsong and distant church bells while mist lifts over the vines, framing serene countryside views. This calm reset captures the French art de vivre—unhurried, restorative, and perfectly suited to a day amid rolling Beaujolais hills.

Unfold a blanket for a French-style picnic among sculpted trees and sun-warmed stone walls. Nibble on local cheeses, fresh bread and seasonal fruit while a glass of light, fruity Beaujolais adds a celebratory note.

Soak up panoramic vineyard views and the languid rhythm of rural France. It’s a simple, generous ritual that celebrates terroir and togetherness—perfectly matched to a château afternoon where conversation lingers as long as the sunlight.

Join a guided night-time tour to see Paris gleam after dusk. Watch the Eiffel Tower sparkle, sweep past the Arc de Triomphe, and cruise along grand boulevards toward the Seine’s graceful bridges and floodlit facades.

Hear how Baron Haussmann reshaped the city into today’s theatre of light, and learn the stories behind the squares and monuments that define the capital’s romance. Pause to admire riverbank reflections that turn Paris into a living postcard.

Visit the Fragonard Perfumery to learn the art of fragrance with expert hosts. Discover how perfumers balance top, heart and base notes, and explore displays of vintage bottles and rare essences.

Inhale classic accords—think bright bergamot, velvety rose, powdery iris—and hear how Paris became the world’s fragrance capital. Round off by testing signature blends and, if you wish, choosing a scent that evokes Parisian elegance long after your journey.

Settle in for a traditional Tuscan dinner where seasonal antipasti, slow-simmered ragù and rustic breads meet pours of Chianti wines. Expect unfussy, farmhouse flavors served with warmth and plenty of local pride.

Between courses, raise a glass to the city’s Renaissance heritage—Michelangelo’s marble, Brunelleschi’s Duomo, artisans’ workshops along the Arno. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Gather in a cozy chalet for a bubbling fondue dinner that celebrates Swiss comfort cooking. Tear bread into the pot and swirl through creamy blends of Gruyère and Emmental, with crisp white wine to match.

Stories of mountain life, cow bells and high-pasture dairies bring the Alps to your table as you savor this hearty ritual of togetherness. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Ascend by cogwheel train or cable car to high-alpine viewpoints above Interlaken. On clear days, glaciers and rock spires frame sweeping horizons over the Bernese Alps, while lakes shimmer far below.

Depending on conditions and availability, routes may include the celebrated Jungfraujoch or panoramic Schilthorn. Expect brisk air, photo stops and time to wander at altitude. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Launch with your pilot for a tandem paragliding flight that glides above forests, meadows and the emerald lakes of Thun and Brienz. Feel the updraft lift you as villages shrink to toy-town scale.

Marvel at the snow-capped Bernese Alps while tracing lazy circles in calm alpine air—an exhilarating yet serene way to read the landscape from the sky. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Dress for a night of sparkle at a classic cabaret dinner and show. Settle into a velvet-draped theatre as sequined performers, dancers and a live orchestra fill the stage with time-honored Parisian flair.

Between numbers, enjoy a multi-course French menu and raise a flute of bubbles under the glow of art-deco lights. Expect witty revue, high-kicking chorus lines and old-world ambiance. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.